McCain Paralyzed with Fear Over Debate!
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| Thu, 09-25-2008 - 3:53am |
John McCain is running as far and fast as he can from Ole Miss and his first televised debate against Barack Obama. lol. Watching McCain lie that he had to go back to Washington because he is "needed" is laughable. The real work is already being done, so all he will do is distract the people who know something about the economy.
So, I am on to John's trick to get up close and personal with the economic specialists in the hopes that some of that knowledge will rub off on him. He's sadly mistaken, because if he hasn't grasped the concept of the economy by 73, then it "ain't" gonna' happen. lol.
Suspending his campaign is broadcasting to the world that he is too afraid to concentrate and any excuse will do. That proposal needs to be done by Thursday, so that McCain can say...oh, well I don't think we should debate until every soldier in Iraq is home safely. (sigh)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105455&page=1
Economics 101: Presidential Debate in Doubt?
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By KAREN TRAVERS and RIGEL ANDERSON
September 24, 2008
RSS There are just over 48 hours until the first scheduled presidential debate but the whole event may be up in the air with the surprise announcement from John McCain that he is suspending his campaign and asking for the debate to be postponed while Congress hammers out a Wall Street bailout plan.
The Commission on Presidential Debates announced in a statement that it's game on as far as they are concerned tonight:
Can McCain and Obama assist with the bailout and debate foreign policy?
(Reuters /AP Photo)"The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is moving forward with its plan for the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. this Friday, September 26. The plans for this forum have been underway for more than a year and a half. The CPD's mission is to provide a forum in which the American public has an opportunity to hear the leading candidates for the president of the United States debate the critical issues facing the nation. We believe the public will be well served by having all of the debates go forward as scheduled."
As the story develops, some key points on where things stand:
Should the debate go forward?
McCain: No. "I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday night's debate until we have taken action to address this crisis." Senior Aide Mark Salter said McCain would participate in the debate if Congress passed an agreement by Friday morning.
Obama: Yes. "I believe that we should continue to have the debate…It's my belief that this is exact time when the American people need to hear form the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsibly for dealing with this mess and I think that it is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."
Suspend campaign events?
McCain: Will deliver his speech at the Clinton Global Initiative Thursday morning but will not appear on The Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday night. McCain had no campaign events scheduled for Thursday.
Obama: Had no campaign events scheduled between now and Friday's debate Return to Washington?
McCain: Announced he will return to Washington after his CGI speech. A Democrat tells ABC News' Jake Tapper that in a phone call late this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told McCain that it would NOT be helpful for him to come back to Washington, DC, to work on the Wall Street bailout bill.
Obama: Will stay in Florida for the time being and will NOT return to Washington unless asked by Congressional leadership and it is not the time to infuse Capitol Hill with presidential politics. "I've told the leadership in congress is that if I can be helpful then I am prepared to be anywhere at anytime."
Suspending ads?
McCain: Yes
Obama: No
Voting on the bailout plan as it stands?
Neither candidate has indicated yet how they would vote but a senior McCain campaign official told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the "Bush package is dead."
Friday's debate will focus on foreign policy, the issue that John McCain has consistently polled higher than Barack Obama on through this general election season. This debate was seen as a chance for McCain to start off with a solid performance on a familiar topic and perhaps get a game changing moment out of it. With national polls showing his convention bounce erased and state polls showing Obama ahead in several key battleground states, McCain could use the debate to give a burst of momentum and start off this next three week period with some wind at his back.
(And is it perhaps a little bit ironic that the candidate who called for weekly debates is the one to say the first match-up should be postponed?)
What about the Univ. of Mississippi, the host of Friday's debate?
ABC News' Tahman Bradley reports that a senior University of Mississippi official said cancelling the debate would be "devastating" for the university which has already invested millions in preparation for the debate.
Andrew Mullins, special assistant to university Chancellor Robert Khayat, told Bradley that the Ole Miss campus has been transformed to accommodate the candidates and the press. Road blocks are in place on campus and in the community and the debate television set for the candidates has already been constructed. He said the university has spent roughly five and half million dollars getting ready for the debate.


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If you'll notice, I never said that he was afraid to debate.
And you mustn't have noticed that I never said "YOU DID".
I said:
>>...unfortunately the original assertion doesn't make any.<<<
With regards to your comment about "making sense".
Perhaps you would benefit from reading the OP--you know, or you should now since I've repeated myself, the one I was talking about.
Edited 9/26/2008 9:02 am ET by delphine88
How about this...just don't address any remarks to me unless you paste what I wrote in the post and highlight it since we obviously aren't understanding each other.
"Suspending his campaign is broadcasting to the world that he is too afraid to concentrate and any excuse will do. That proposal needs to be done by Thursday,"
It would have been done by Thursday, but McCain stalled it.
Certain ads are scheduled weeks in advance and cannot be pulled after a certain date.
Susan
"should remain behind doing their job (they are senators).
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I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure
He's certainly showing he can't multitask!
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